Game



F. W. HUDSON.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, I9I7.

RENEWED MAR. 3, 1920'.

Patented May 18, 1920.

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FRANK W. HUDSON, 0F BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, ASSIG-NOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO K. E. J OHNSTONE, 0F BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed March 27, 1917, Serial No. 157,615. Renewed March 3, 1920. Serial No. 363,083.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. HUDSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bakersfield, in the county of Kern and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games, of'which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel and amusing game of skill.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a broken plan view of my improved game; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof, showing the parts in positions different from those in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side view of a pusher used in the game.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a box or frame having a flat bottom 2, side walls 3, a front wall 4, a rear wall 5, in which is a door 6 hinged on the top, a partition 7 dividing the lower part of the box into a front operating chamber 8 and a rear receptacle 9, and an upwardly and rearwardly sloping top 10. Extending between the side walls adjacent to the top are front and rear rollers 11, 12. Around the rear roller can travel a flexible curtain 13, its ends being secured at its sides to cords 14, one only being here shown, which travel around the front rollenll. In the sloping top 10 is formed an opening 15 substantially co-extensive in width with said curtain. To the upper end of said curtain is secured at the middle an upstanding lug 16, by means of which the curtain can be moved about the roller 12 in either direction.

Extending transversely between the side walls are bars 17, which support a plate 18 formed with numerous small apertures 19. In said apertures are contained small pieces 20, 21, cylindrical in form but having rounded ends. The pieces 20 are uncolored, and the pieces 21 are colored. The apertures are of such form that the pieces can stand erect therein with their lower ends in said aperture.

The front wall 1 of the box is formed with an opening 22 of suflicient size to permit the player to insert his hand therethrough and into the operating chamber 8. The receptacle 9 is provided at the top with an opening 23 and a guide way 24 thereinto, through which the pieces 20, 21 can be dropped into the receptacle. 25 indicates a pusher which is used in the game.

In playing the game, the curtain is withdrawn and the pieces 20, 21, are first all inserted in the apertures, care being taken to distribute the colored pieces more or less uniformly among the uncolored pieces. The pieces being all open to View, the player notes the location of some one of the colored pieces. The curtain is then drawn over the pieces into the position shown in Fig. 2. The player, still bearing in mind the loca tion of the piece which he desires to eject from its aperture, and having first taken between his fingers the pusher, places his hand through the opening 23 in the front end of the box, and, by means of said pusher, ejects one of the pieces from the aperture in which it is located, endeavoring, of course, to eject the one which he has previously selected. Owing to the difficulty of moving the hand to the exact location desired without either the location or the hand being visible, the player does not often succeed in ejecting the desired piece. The pieces so ejected are deposited in the receptacle 9 provided for that purpose.

I claim In a game, the combination of a plate having a plurality of apertures, pieces supported in said apertures, some of which are distinguishable from others, a pusher adapted to be held in the hand for ejecting any piece from its aperture, a curtain adapted to be withdrawn over the pieces after they have been placed in position in said apertures, and means for concealing the hand when ejecting a piece from its aperture.

FRANK W. HUDSON. 

